"Waulking" is a name for a stage in traditional what?
clothmaking - qollen cloth or tweed was cleaned, thickened and softened by this process. Women pounded the cloth against a table or trampled on it
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How did songs help the women?
they would sing songs to pass the time and to keep in rhythm of the pouding, it also lifted their spirits - for it was hard work
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how many women would sing the verse and chorues?
one woman would sing the verses and the rest would join in on the choruses
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this song is part of what album released when?
Nádurra - 2000
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what does Nádurra mean in gaelic?
naturally
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Full name of the song?
My father sent me to a house of sorrow
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how many sections is the song divided into?
2
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what scale is the melody based on?
pentatonic scale
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time signature?
6/8 with 2 beats in the bar
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in what range do they play?
middle - no high pitched screeching notes
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what type of texture?
polyrhythm - lots of different rhythms are being played at the same time
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the singer has a different rhythm to the band, the singers part is in what, while the hi-hats playing how many crochet beats in a bar, making it feel like what?
6/8 - 3 crochets in a bar- 3/4
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what type of ending does it have?
fade out
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S.1: it feels what...with what kind of beat?
traditional - simple beat
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S.1: what key signature - and what chords do they change between?
E minor - change between Em and G
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S.1: What does it sound like?
quiet, calm, peaceful and subdued
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S.1: none of the instruments stand out - it focuses on who?
the singer
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S.2: what type of section plays, driving it forward?
full rhythm section (drum and bass)
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S.2: what key?
G major (relative to E minor)
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S.2: sound?
louder, though theres a quiter bit where the drums and bass stop
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S.2: what type of solo that uses some of the vocal melody line in its impro? there are what type of backing vocals?
pipe - harmonised
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structure?
2 main verses and 2 inserts and NO chorus
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verses are about what?
a girl who is unhappy with the marriage her father's arranged for her
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skye waulking song has what type of structure?
strophic structure - the melody is the same for both verses
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